Wo.Ow! This is my second post for onelmon series this month and in consecutive week too! And it is also using PVC pipe as the main material! (I make “What can I do with PVC pipe?” sort of challenge for myself).

One new thing I tried to do here is sewing a 3D structure! I’ve always wanted to try sewing a plush toy and I tried it here (… not really, the head of the dog is the only 3D part, I guess, the tail, feet, etc. were just filled with cotton to make them look 3 dimensional).

Cut out the doggie’s head pattern. As this is my first time making a 3D soft toy, the pattern above is made with pure imagination, no measurement whatsoever. Forgive me for giving this step in this tutorial (I’m giving a bad example). Use various colors of felt if you’d like to :)

Get a piece of cardboard and draw a 3″ circle. Cut it out. Cut a piece of felt with the same size, but give a little bit of extra for it. Stick the felt on the cardboard and fold it in half. This will be the rump structure for the dog. Cut another piece of felt (again, no measurement) that would make a nice round shape for the dog’s rump. This piece of felt would be the cover for the rump structure you made just now. Before closing the whole cover, remember to give it some fillings.

Take a stack of paper, make two holes (with their distance equal to the distance you made for the 2 holes on the pipe). Get 2 pieces of screw and screw them into the holes with the paper in between. Have your writing tool stands on the last hole and you’re done! =)

Confession:

I was so indulged in sewing and crafting this monster that I forgot to pay attention to its writing platform. It’s made out of PVC pipe and surely, the writing surface would be rounded! And I’m one of those people who once started doing something, I’d better see it finished no matter what nonsense I’ll get in the end. When I’m done with the crafting part, I tried writing on it and thought that writing on a round surface is actually not all that bad (sounds like I’m just comforting myself). Lesson learned, I promise I’ll put more effort in the logic of how things work next time.